Cross of Iron 4K UHD (1977) - Blu-ray Forum

Pieter V · 04-03-2023, 02:23 PM

Release Date: July 19th, 2023

https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2.../Cross-Of-Iron

Mister_Kidd · 04-03-2023, 03:40 PM

This would not have been my guess for first Peckinpah in 4K, but I'll take it.

peruguy · 04-03-2023, 08:49 PM

Yes, I will take this too.
Third on my Peckinpah wishlist after THE WILD BUNCH & THE GETAWAY but I will happily take this.

Fat Phil · 04-03-2023, 09:07 PM

Great, great movie.

Please don't balls up the encoding, Studio Canal.

CinemaScope · 04-04-2023, 09:35 PM

I hope Studio Canal have done a complete redo. I know Peckinpah wanted a desaturated look for this, but I don't think he would have liked the flat greeny picture on the Blu-ray.

Jorvic · 04-09-2023, 09:28 AM

Along with Junior Bonner, this could perhaps be Peckinpah's most under-appreciated film.

I've held off buying the Blu-ray for a while. The 4K UHD will be a day one purchase.

Rayjg · 04-09-2023, 05:21 PM

One of Orson Welles’s favorite films.

ToonySpoonGoon · 04-09-2023, 06:37 PM

Maybe the best war movie. day one.

peruguy · 04-20-2023, 11:08 PM

The release date on this title is only two months away, unless things go awry.
Does anyone here have any details on the upgrade? Bonus features, PQ, art? I'm not great on sleuthing upcoming products like many others here are.
Is it coming from Australia / NZ region? Maybe Imprint?

TheBondFan · 05-17-2023, 11:40 AM

Steelbook.

https://www.fnac.com/a18086935/CROIX...omnsearchpos=1

Mattmck99 · 06-13-2023, 12:29 PM

UK Steelbook up for pre-order on Amazon and Zavvi

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Based on the novel by Will Heinrich, Sam Peckinpah's only war film is an intense and uncompromising affair that brilliantly reflects both the futility of conflict and the director’s fascination with individuals confronted by events beyond their control.

A World War II tale told from the German perspective, Cross Of Iron follows a platoon of German soldiers in Russia when the German Wehrmacht forces had been decimated and the Germans were retreating along the Russian front. Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) is a German corporal and recipient of the Iron Cross who has grown disenchanted with Hitler's war machine. When Captain Stransky (Maximilian Schell) assumes charge, the pair are thrown into immediate conflict, the autocratic but ultimately cowardly Stransky coveting the loyalty and honour Steiner commands.

Evocatively shot by John Coquillon (Billy the Kid) in sombre tones to emphasise the horrors of combat, the superlative lead performances are matched by David Warner and James Mason as war-weary senior officers. Viewed as one of Peckinpah's most powerful works, it’s an unflinching vision of the Second World War.

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UHD & Blu-Ray Disc 1

Audio Commentary by filmmaker and film historian Mike Siegel
NEW Promoting STEINER
NEW STEINER on the set
NEW Filming STEINER
NEW Filming STEINER pt 2
NEW STEINER in colour

Blu-Ray Disc 2

On Location: Sam Peckinpah
On Location: James Coburn
On Location: Maximillian Schell
On Location: James Mason
On Location: David Warner
Passion and Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
Kruger Kisses Kern
Vadim & Sam: Father & Son
Cutting Room Floor
Steiner in Japan: Ads filmed in 1977
Mike's Home Movies: Steiner & Kiesel Meet Again
US/UK Trailer
German Trailer
US TV Spot

Fat Phil · 06-13-2023, 12:48 PM

Hot dayum. Now that is a steelbook.

grahams76 · 06-13-2023, 12:59 PM

God, I hate steelbooks. It seems studios now understand that they can charge 50% more just to release films in these tacky monstrosities and people will gladly pay.

Hoping this has a simultaneous standard release so I don't have to wait, possibly in vain, as with The Man Who Fell To Earth. Otherwise, fantastic news.

everygrainofsand · 06-13-2023, 01:28 PM

Very nice indeed! I see Studio Canal's Man Who Fell To Earth 4K steelbook is down from £30 to £20. I'll pick up Cross of Iron when it's similarly reduced.

The credit sequence - like that of the Wild Bunch - is superlative. A tour de force of editing, it's really quite unforgettable. Cross of Iron is a great war movie/western, and something of a nihilistic test of endurance.

grahams76 · 06-13-2023, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by everygrainofsand

The credit sequence - like that of the Wild Bunch - is superlative. A tour de force of editing, it's really quite unforgettable. Cross of Iron is a great war movie/western, and something of a nihilistic test of endurance.

Yes, it's brilliant and Peckinpah's last great film.

I think we have the continental Europeans to thank for it getting a UHD release as it was so popular there it even had a 1979 sequel (which I've never seen).

Ben_C · 06-13-2023, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by grahams76

God, I hate steelbooks. It seems studios now understand that they can charge 50% more just to release films in these tacky monstrosities and people will gladly pay.

Hoping this has a simultaneous standard release so I don't have to wait, possibly in vain, as with The Man Who Fell To Earth. Otherwise, fantastic news.

Yep, give us a regular release at 20 quid and I’ll probably bite.

CinemaScope · 06-13-2023, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by grahams76

God, I hate steelbooks. It seems studios now understand that they can charge 50% more just to release films in these tacky monstrosities and people will gladly pay.

Hoping this has a simultaneous standard release so I don't have to wait, possibly in vain, as with The Man Who Fell To Earth. Otherwise, fantastic news.

Yeah, a disc in a tin, I don't get it either. For a special release, far better to a have a MediaBook (I think America used to call them DigiBooks, Warner released a few), they're still very popular in Germany.

Member-222782 · 06-13-2023, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by grahams76

God, I hate steelbooks. It seems studios now understand that they can charge 50% more just to release films in these tacky monstrosities and people will gladly pay.

Hoping this has a simultaneous standard release so I don't have to wait, possibly in vain, as with The Man Who Fell To Earth. Otherwise, fantastic news.

I don't understand your frustration - there will be a standard release in addition to the Steelbook and, yes, it will be cheaper

You automatically assumed the Steelbook would be the only option?

I chose the Steelbook because I prefer the artwork on it. I'm not a huge steelbook fan but I don't dislike them. Lots of people love them, which is why studios make them. Should they charge more? As long as we have a choice, I wouldn't worry about it.

grahams76 · 06-13-2023, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinema84

I don't understand your frustration - there will be a standard release in addition to the Steelbook and, yes, it will be cheaper

You automatically assumed the Steelbook would be the only option?

I chose the Steelbook because I prefer the artwork on it. I'm not a huge steelbook fan but I don't dislike them. Lots of people love them, which is why studios make them. Should they charge more? As long as we have a choice, I wouldn't worry about it.

I didn't automatically assume that as my initial post made clear and hope there is a simultaneous standard release.

Member-222782 · 06-13-2023, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by grahams76

I didn't automatically assume that as my initial post made clear and hope there is a simultaneous standard release.

Well, there will be. Preorders for both are up on Orbit DVD

04-03-2023, 02:23 PM	#1
Pieter V Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:The Netherlands Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:14	Cross of Iron 4K UHD (1977) Release Date: July 19th, 2023 https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2.../Cross-Of-Iron

04-03-2023, 03:40 PM	#2
Mister_Kidd Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2019 Location:Chicago Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:210 Blu-ray collection:769 DVD collection:299	This would not have been my guess for first Peckinpah in 4K, but I'll take it.

04-03-2023, 08:49 PM	#3
peruguy Active Member Member since:Feb 2018	Yes, I will take this too. Third on my Peckinpah wishlist after THE WILD BUNCH & THE GETAWAY but I will happily take this.

04-03-2023, 09:07 PM	#4
Fat Phil Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2014 4K collection:828 Blu-ray collection:828 Trading Score:1	Great, great movie. Please don't balls up the encoding, Studio Canal.

04-04-2023, 09:35 PM	#5
CinemaScope Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2011 Location:London	I hope Studio Canal have done a complete redo. I know Peckinpah wanted a desaturated look for this, but I don't think he would have liked the flat greeny picture on the Blu-ray.

04-09-2023, 09:28 AM	#6
Jorvic Blu-ray Prince Member since:May 2018	Along with Junior Bonner, this could perhaps be Peckinpah's most under-appreciated film. I've held off buying the Blu-ray for a while. The 4K UHD will be a day one purchase.

04-09-2023, 05:21 PM	#7
Rayjg Blu-ray Champion Member since:Aug 2016	One of Orson Welles’s favorite films.

04-09-2023, 06:37 PM	#8
ToonySpoonGoon Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2018 Location:Massachusetts 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1	Maybe the best war movie. day one.

04-20-2023, 11:08 PM	#9
peruguy Active Member Member since:Feb 2018	The release date on this title is only two months away, unless things go awry. Does anyone here have any details on the upgrade? Bonus features, PQ, art? I'm not great on sleuthing upcoming products like many others here are. Is it coming from Australia / NZ region? Maybe Imprint?

05-17-2023, 11:40 AM	#10
TheBondFan Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jun 2020 Location:France Trading Score:1	Steelbook. https://www.fnac.com/a18086935/CROIX...omnsearchpos=1

06-13-2023, 12:48 PM	#12
Fat Phil Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2014 4K collection:828 Blu-ray collection:828 Trading Score:1	Hot dayum. Now that is a steelbook.

06-13-2023, 12:59 PM	#13
grahams76 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2013 Location:Perth, Australia 4K collection:410 Blu-ray collection:2096 DVD collection:256 Digital collection:1 Trading Score:18	God, I hate steelbooks. It seems studios now understand that they can charge 50% more just to release films in these tacky monstrosities and people will gladly pay. Hoping this has a simultaneous standard release so I don't have to wait, possibly in vain, as with The Man Who Fell To Earth. Otherwise, fantastic news.

06-13-2023, 01:28 PM	#14
everygrainofsand Senior Member Member since:Jan 2023 Location:Edinburgh 4K collection:180 Blu-ray collection:281	Very nice indeed! I see Studio Canal's Man Who Fell To Earth 4K steelbook is down from £30 to £20. I'll pick up Cross of Iron when it's similarly reduced. The credit sequence - like that of the Wild Bunch - is superlative. A tour de force of editing, it's really quite unforgettable. Cross of Iron is a great war movie/western, and something of a nihilistic test of endurance.

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